Archive for 'Business'

By Chris Teale (File photo) The ongoing saga of the future of the Old Town Theater has taken another twist. Prospective new owner Jeff Yates appears to have pulled out of acquiring the historic property at [...]

By Chris Teale (File photo) Those walking past the King Street Metro station in recent weeks might have noticed signs indicating that the bus bays, 34 metered parking spaces and taxi pick-up point were closed until [...]

By Chris Teale (File photo) Editor’s note: this article has been updated to correct the misspelling of Lynda Wilson’s first name. City councilors voted last weekend to send a controversial proposal to subdivide two properties in [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) When Nora Partlow and her former business partner Scott Mitchell opened St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub at 2300 Mount Vernon Ave. in 1996, Partlow recalled that Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray [...]

By Chris Teale (Image/Alexandria City Public Schools) Patrick Henry Elementary School has stood at its current site on Taney Avenue since 1953, and for the past two years the Alexandria City School Board has been working [...]

By Chris Teale (Courtesy photo) Construction on the National Science Foundation’s new building in Eisenhower West continues apace, but now it seems that one of the area’s oldest buildings is set to reopen as a hotel [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Hannah Brockway) The Royal Street bus garage has sat empty since it was declared obsolete last August and approved for sale by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but the transit agency recently [...]

By Erich Wagner (Photo/Erich Wagner) Alexandria’s Democratic contenders for mayor took one last opportunity to differentiate themselves from their opponents Tuesday night in the campaign’s final debate at George Washington Middle School. But it was a [...]